Ebook: Advances in Cryptology — EUROCRYPT ’89: Workshop on the Theory and Application of Cryptographic Techniques Houthalen, Belgium, April 10–13, 1989 Proceedings

‘I’he int,ernational Association for Cryptologic Research (IACK) organizes two inter- tioilill coiifcrcnces every year, one in Europe and one in the United States. EUROCRI’PT ’89 was the seventh European conference and was held in Houthalen, Belgium on April 10-13, 1989. With close to 300 participants, it was perhaps the largest open conferencr on c:rypt,ogra.phy ever held. The field of cryptography is expanding not only because of the increased vulnerability of computer systems and networks to a11 increasing range of threats, but also because of t1ic ra.pid progress in cryptographic methods, that t,he readers can witness by reading the book. The present proceedings contain nearly all contributions which were presented including the talks at the rump session. The chapters correspond to the sessions at the conference. It wa5 the first time that a rump session was organized on a Eurocrypt conference. Sixteen impromptu talks were given, and the authors were invited to submit short abstracts of their presentations. Because of the special character of this session, the editors have taken the liberty to shorten some of these.

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This volume contains the proceedings of the Eurocrypt '89 conference, a workshop on theory and applications of cryptographic techniques. The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) organizes two conferences each year, one in Europe and one in the United States. Eurocrypt '89 was the seventh European conference. The volume includes revised versions of nearly all the contributions presented at the conference, including shortened versions of the talks given at the special rump session for recent results. Recent outbreaks of viruses, worms and computer fraud together with progress in telecommunications, computer networks and automated banking have considerably increased the interest in data security techniques, where cryptography is generaly considered to be the most important tool. In this area of data security, where high stakes are at risk, up-to-date information is crucial. This book is organized into sections on public-key cryptosystems, theory, zero-knowledge protocols, applications, signature and untraceability, cryptanalysis, sharing and authentication schemes, sequences, algorithms, old problems, and impromptu talks.